The company tells Recharge that it will also begin testing a newversion of its 2MW turbine for low-wind sites in early 2014 near the Sea of Japan coast in Tainai, Niigata prefecture.
Demonstration tests for the 5MW downwind machine will start nearKamisu, Ibaraki prefecture, in May or June 2014.
It will begin selling the HTW5.0-126 model — featuring apermanent-magnet generator (PMG), medium-speed gearbox and 126-metre-diameterblade span — in its home market in fiscal 2015.
